Re: Russians and their palates

> Does ukranian also make this contrast with the labials [p] a [b], [pi]
> contrasted against [p;i]?

No. There are no palatalized labials in Ukrainain at all, at least in
native vocabulary. This can be applied only to "true" palatalized
consonants like /s/, /t/, not "slightly" palatalized...
-- Yitzik